Water Pump is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Water pump.
Water Pump
- WRENN ID
- last-bailey-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- Water Pump, the Square, Chittlehampton
- OS grid reference
- SS 636 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01279, -3.94553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water pump, dating from the late 19th century, is located in The Square, Chittlehampton. It features a cast-iron housing designed as a tall pedestal that is square in shape and slightly tapered. The base and cornice are moulded, and it has a weathered pyramidal cap topped with a globe-shaped finial that has ribs. Below the cornice, there is a wavy frieze and moulded panels on each side of the pedestal. The south side includes a fluted water spout with a bucket lug. The east and west sides display small human marks made from acanthus leaves, while the east side has a large curved pump handle. At the base of the east and west sides are inscription plates; the west side plate is broken, but the east side plate is intact and reads "Garton and Jarvis Manufrs Exeter." The pump is set on a low-stepped plinth made of pitched stones, positioned on the south side of The Square.
Local climate
Water Pump receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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